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Copahue
Copahue is a 2,953 m stratovolcano on the Chile–Argentina border, erupting as recently as 2024.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,953 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2024
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 2020
- Eruptions
- 21 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 37.86°S 71.18°W · Chile-Argentina
- Region
- Southern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 357090
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).